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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 27, 1970, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it pleasant news partly Cloudy vol 92, no. 175 it. Pleasant Iowa monday evening july 27, 1970 Price to cents republicans adopt 1970 platform Iowa republicans took almost two hours to adopt their 1970 Republican platform in Des Moines at the veterans auditorium saturday july 25th. Young people of different ideologies presented their views effectively and courteously to both the platform committee and the delegation body. Roto on campuses received a a a yes from the Delegate the Young Peoples group supporting a an announced deadline for troop withdrawal was Defeated but a paragraph of their proposal was picked up As a substitute thursday in the preliminary hearing by the committee and made a part of the platform. The platform included several new proposals among them Revenue sharing. Strong stands on Campus unrest Law enforcement issues drug abuse environment and conservation were All adopted without presentations from the floor. Legalized lotteries were turned Down but a statement on termination of pregnancy was adopted after a Brief presentation on the floor. As adopted the Section reads a Laws Are appropriate in this area Only to assure proper safeguards for such both democrats and republicans have included a Plank in their platforms on this Issue. Republicans adopted a Strong Plank in favor of president Nixon senator Jack Miller and governor Robert d. Ray As Well As other top officials both state and Federal. Governor Ray congressman Gross senator Jack Miller and it. Governor Roger Jepsen addressed the delegates in the afternoon session. Enthusiastic applause came from the delegates for the leaders. Lively music and an atmosphere of exuberance greeted the several speakers. Governor Ray and it. Governor Jei sen both were Given recognition songs appropriate to their Campaign. The detailed and numerous hearings conducted by the platform committee and the Wise Choice of Maurice e. Baringer As chairman of this group was responsible for the few a floor fights on convention floor. The platform As adopted gave Strong emphasis on environment Economy in government revision of the current tax system and addressed themselves to the problem of violence on the campuses and in our streets. The platform committee had started their deliberations and organization in april with two members selected from each District by the District Central committee and the others named at Large. E. A. Hayes and Helen m. Virden were in the latter group and named on a state wide basis. Hearings were held in each distil by the platform committee so people could conveniently present their views. Several All Day hearings were held in Des Moines. They also reviewed every proposal of the county convention resolutions prior to the submission of the platform to each county for consideration. Too the platform committee held hearings in compliance with convention rules All Day Friday up until a 2 15 . Deadline on saturday afternoon the Day of the convention. Proposals made at this time by individuals and committees were considered. Those that were included or resolved to the satisfaction of those involved were omitted from floor discussion and the remainder had the right to propose their ideas to the convention body. This process gave Opportunity for anyone to bring his problem to the floor of the convention. One such item dealt with a Weed problem near his Home. Since the platform committee did not adopt it according to the rules it could be presented on the floor of the convention which he did. The voice vote did not give him satisfaction and he asked for a Quot Roll Calls on the Issue. Delegates enjoyed the respite from More serious matters and while his proposed amendment lost lost applauded his right to bring such a matter to this group. Too Friday evening was a Lively one for the first District and Henry county for the first District chairman. Mrs. Mary Erbe of Iowa City won the race by a vote of 248 to 243 to be named the new member of the District and state Central committee on the third ballot. This was a three Way race among mrs. Erbe mrs. Kaytee Davis of seeking help for prisoners of War not to know but to have the imagination wild contemplating what May be the truth that is suffering at its highest. Two women Are attempting to end such suffering by arousing iowans to concern Over american prisoners of War in Vietnam. Mrs. Elaine Martin former Bloomfield resident who now resides in Kirksville mo., and Sherry King of Muscatine left Kirksville on july 23 with mrs. Martins two daughters for what they Hope will be two weeks of successful Endeavor that will result in action. Too mrs. Martins husband capt. Russell Martin has been missing in action Over Laos for four years. A your daughters were Ages 2 and 3 when my husband was sent to Vietnam. He became missing in 1966, and our children Are now Ages 7 and 8. Can you imagine what it is like for children this age a a rather than sitting Home families and individuals should be getting themselves involved in getting these men Home because without their support the chances of these men returning physically and mentally Well might never come to be a says miss King whose brother sgt. Charles King has been missing for two yes. Also in Laos. The women plan to travel in their painted panel truck for about two weeks paying visits to every county seat in Iowa. Arrival time in it. Pleasant was on Friday july 24. In the absence of mayor Charles Hanna the women witnessed Justice of the peace George Means sign a petition appealing to the North vietnamese the Viet Cong and the Patchet lao a was a purely humanitarian deed to release the prisoners of the petition asks for prompt action concerning the following Points i inspection of the prisoners by a Neutral group 2 identification of the prisoners held 3 release of the sick and wounded 4 allowance of proper flow of letters and packages 5 Protection of prisoners from Public abuse. Too although mrs. Martins and miss Kings loved ones Are missing in Laos they Are urging concern for All prisoners of War. Of special interest to it. Pleasant citizens is the name of air Force it. Michael Thomas bums shot Down on july 4. 1968 and listed As missing on december 22. He is the son of or. And mrs. John Burns formerly of it. Pleasant. Mrs. Martin and miss King met each other last Spring in Des Moines at a meeting of tile families of american prisoners of Southeast Asia. Sherry King left and mrs. Elaine Martin right arrived in i. Pleasant on Friday with mrs. Martins two children Julie and Jodi. Sincerely concerned with what is to become of american prisoners of War the women Hope to open the hearts of iowans to this pressing problem As they travel throughout the state. Burlington and mrs. Joanne Platt of Davenport. Henry county delegates split their votes on All three ballots. A revised Constitution of the state committee was adopted with minor changes made from the floor. The new Constitution will have a state Council which will include each county chairman and vice chairman for top level decisions. Highlights Des Moines up a Here Are some highlights of the 1970 Iowa Republican platform adopted by the state convention saturday peace backs efforts of president. Nixon in seeking an honorable end to the Southeast asian conflict and troop disengagement a was rapidly As acknowledges debt and gratitude of members of the armed forces and special obligation to families of those killed in fighting or War prisoners. Environment favors creating department of the environment to help in efforts to preserve and protect natural resources in Iowa. Calls for land use and zoning study praises anti erosion efforts and urges Iowa a to come to grips with the problem of litter. Economic development Calls for too per cent deduction of Federal taxes in calculating Iowa corporate income tax study of opening a foreign office to promote Iowa Industry and agriculture. Taxation stresses efficiency in government and need for overhaul of present Tay system. Encourages efforts of the legislative tax study committee particularly in shifting Burden of school financing from property tax. Education Strong statement against Campus unrest and violent disruption urging administrators and faculty to Clamp Down on unruly students in the fall. Supports voluntary reorganization of school districts for efficiency and lower costs. Encourages a a closer relationship Between Public and private schools. Transportation backs concept of area airports urges Thor sunday fire loss May exceed $6,000 damages to supplies and the building in a fire at the Iowa Telephone company storage and Headquarters for engineers and maintenance men sunday afternoon at 1 30. The fire broke out near the air conditioner burned and damaged equipment inventoried at Between $5>.000 and $6,.ooo, manager Ray Gisser said. The ceiling of one room was rather badly damaged. The building located at 905 East Henry Street is used As a warehouse for Telephone supplies tile value of some of which accumulates into dollars rapidly. Also the engineers and maintenance men have their Headquarters offices in the building which accounts for the air conditioner in the building. A resident nearby discovered the fire and turned in the alarm. Pictured Are the 1870 medical assistant graduates of Southeastern Iowa area Community College. Front Row from left Nancy Miller Reniece Roth Brenda Smith Ila Coleman Karen Skaggs Joyce Seberg Barbara prior and Shirley Daniel Back Row mrs. Marylee Dickson r.n., coordinator instructor Kathryn Warner Cynthia Swan Charlotte Wethington Nancy Smith Susan Volt Susan Billingsley and Cynthia Wright medical assistants graduated at ceremony native of Henry county killed in motorcycle Accident Ronald Charles Cornick 27, of Kingston formerly of it. Pleasant was killed in a motorcycle Accident on Highway 99 at 9 05 . Saturday july 25. He and his sister in Law Celia Marie Laue 15, Burlington were killed when the motorcycle they were Riding collided with a car drive awarding of pins to the graduates of the medical assistant education division of Southeastern Iowa area Community College Burlington Iowa was held on thursday july 23, at 8 00 . At the first United methodist Church in it. Pleasant. The address for the evening was Given by or. Robert s. Wettach of a Good medical assistant stressing the demand for Well trained medical office personnel. Following the address presentation of pins to the graduating students was made by mrs. Marylee Dickson r. N. Coordinator of the medical assistant education division. Immediately following the Cere who spoke on a the qualifications Mony a reception was held in Fellowship Hall for the graduates and their parents and guests. Presiding at the Tea table were miss Dorothea Mcmillan and mrs. Jane Mauck. Students enrolled in the 1970 fall term will begin classes on september 8th at the it. Pleasant attendance Center located at the mental health Institute. Terse verse by a. C. Gordon a Friend whom you can buy anew is one who can be bought from you. Ough study of All transportation needs. Suggests Basing distribution of Road tax funds on need As Well As Standard factors. Law enforcement urges stronger Laws for control of Sale of explosives and stricter penalties for violators changes in witness immunity Laws. Government favors four year terms for state executive officials. Creation of state backs lowering voting age and full Legal rights provisions to 19 from 21, full consideration of suggestions in governors Economy report. Urges statewide voter registration. Health and welfare urges liberalized abortion Law to leave decision of terminating pregnancy up to the woman and her physician. Fairfield Young woman j c_7 \ fatally shot Susan Clark fatally shot in her apartment in Columbus Ohio was the daughter of or. And mrs. Marion Clark of Fairfield. Or. Clark District conservation Engineer was Well known in Henry county. He had come Here numerous times in connection with soil conservation work. Besides the parents three Sisters survive. Miss Clark was taking graduate work and would have received her masters degree in August. She received her bachelors degree from Cornell College. Too Columbus Ohio up a Susan a. Clark a graduate student in journalism at Ohio state University died at University Hospital late sunday of a Bullet wound in the head apparently inflicted by a robber who invaded her apartment near the Campus. Miss Clark 23, was shot Early sunday morning. A native of Fairfield Iowa she worked in the Osu journalism department during the summer. Her Boyfriend Ronald Hooper 21, told police he was with her when they heard a Knock at the door. When she opened it he said a Man with a gun broke a night Latch that was still on the door and entered. Hooper said the Man announced a this is an armed robbery and took $20 from his Wallet. Hooper told police he grabbed for the gun and struggled with the Bandit but the gunman gained control of the weapon and ordered him out of the apartment. Hooper said he outside and saw the gunman fire two shots inside the room. He telephoned police and returned to find miss Clark lying on the floor at the foot of her bed. Windows broken in new building two 6 foot x 8 foot plate Glass windows in the new building for surgeons at Madison and main were broken out sunday night. Two Large rocks were found by police who discovered the damage at 10 30 pm. Sunday. Mortar barrage hits . Base Camp militants Leader killed in gun fight Houston up a firing from the tallest building in the neighbourhood a Baptist Church riot armed police exchanged gunshots sunday night with Black militants. The Leader of the militants was fatally wounded and six other persons were treated for gunshot wounds. Carl b. Hampton 21, the Leader of a Black Power organization which Calls itself a a people a party no. 2�?� died at 2 15 . Today three hours and six minutes after he entered a Hospital. One of the wounded was a White youth from Dallas affiliated with the students for a democratic society. Saigon up a u. S. Troops suffered their heaviest losses in overnight shelling attacks in two months sunday night and Early today five men killed and three wounded. Another four gis died in fighting described by military spokesmen As Light and scattered. The focus of the War in Southeast Asia entered in Cambodia where South vietnamese troops killed 58 Viet Cong and North i gunfight. Etna Mese sunday in the first Day j j q. A a boy Norris head of the of a new 2,500-Man drive into criminal intelligence investigation Cambodia to Clear Highway i be department of the Houston police. Police arrested 23 persons in connection with the shooting and 40 to 50 others were booked for loitering in the immediate Vicinity of the tween Saigon and phenom penh. Informed Western sources in the cambodian capital said Allied warplanes have begun bombing missions against the ancient ruins at angkor wat where communist troops Are hiding out. Three civilians were reported wounded. Led the party firing from the top of the three Story St. Johns Baptist Church. Three blasts in centers at Camp Mccoy Camp Mccoy wis. Up a three explosions knocked out electric Power and disrupted Telephone service on this military Post in Western Wisconsin Early sunday. There were no injuries. Authorities said the blasts occurred at widely separate locations about the same time. A Telephone Exchange and a Power station were damaged. A third explosion at a water Reservoir did Little damage. Power was restored to the Post about 90 minutes after the series of explosions at 3 . Telephone service was also restored. Military and Federal investigators were called. Over too troops of the it. Pleasant army Reserve unit co. B of the 495th engineers battalion left Here saturday morning and had arrived at Camp Mccoy saturday night before the explosion occurred there. The local unit will spend two weeks at the Camp in summer training the it. Pleasant National guard units co. A 224th Engineer and the separate detachment left Camp Mccoy saturday and returned Here sunday morning after two weeks training col. Richard a. Crecelius Post commander said training for the 6,000 National guardsmen and army reservists Here was not disrupted. Damage to the Frame communications building housing the Telephone Exchange and to the Power station was extensive. Authorities said a warning was telephoned to operations on duty in the communications building Early sunday just before the blast and they fled safely. The blast at the water Reservoir caused a Large Hole in the ground but did not damage the facility. Federal officials ordered strict Security and three Sites of explosions were reported. In by Raymond a. Woodsman. 43, of Burlington near Kingston. Woodsman was unhurt. Ronald Cornick was bom May 16, 1943 in Henry county the son of Harry and Helen Wolf Cornick. His father predeceased him. He was married to Linda Laue july 15, 1967, in Burlington. Or. Cornick was employed by the j. I. Case co. He was a member of the St. Johns Catholic Church the v.f.w., and served in Vietnam in the u. S. Army. He is survived by his wife his Mother of new London one brother Dwight of new London two Sisters mrs. Joyce tedrow of Burlington and Darla Dodd of Charles City a half brother Marvin of it. Pleasant half sister mrs. Doris Brent of Des Moines. Services will be held at St. Johns Catholic Church in Burlington wednesday at 10 00 . Interment will be in the sacred heart cemetery. Rosary will be tuesday evening at 7 30 at the Elliott Lunning Chapel in Burlington. Members of May family in mishap Norris said he came to the area when two uniformed Houston patrolmen said they were having trouble arresting a negro for carry most of the american casualties ing a pistol. The men into a Aren Jim Eileen Richard Monica in the overnight shellings in Viet Church during sunday night serv j Ana Pau Ana two nephews from Forth Worth Texas were involved Confer about revamping Pentagon san Clemente Calif. Up a president Nixon and Secretary of defense Melvin Laird conferred today on a Blue ribbon panel report on revamping the defense department to improve its efficiency and Cut heavy costs. Laird and Deputy Secretary David Packard flew in from Washington for the session at the Western White House which included or. Henry Kissinger Nixon a National Security affairs adviser. At a picture taking session with Laird prior to their meeting Nixon told him he stayed until the end of an 11-inning game Between the California Angels and the Washington senators sunday at anathema stadium. A i never leave a Nixon said. A i can to ruin my record now even when it mrs. James May 508 West Vine Street and five of the May Chu Nam were attributed to a 20-round ice it and the congregation mortar barrage last sunday in-1 him out. Threw to the . 1st air cavalry Divi the incident at the Church Sion a base Camp at Phuoc Vinh. 36 aroused the ill Tants wh0 Learned Miles North of Saigon. The losses were the heaviest since May 24 reminder of briefing session for threshers Over 1200 visitors at metro mail a continuous flow of visitors went through the metro mail Plant saturday from 9 . To 5 ., with a total accumulation of Over 1200 persons during the one Day open House a company spokesman said monday. While most of the visitors were from it. Pleasant and Over Henry county Many others came from a distance. Among them were visitors from Ottumwa it. Madison Burlington and Washington and even from As far away As Colorado. Company officials including met Romail president Bill Howe were pleased with the attendance and the cooperation shown locally. Or. Howe left sunday to return to new York City. Of it at their Headquarters three blocks away. A there was a group of negro males standing in front of people party Headquarters with rifles crossing the Street Back and Forth a Norris said. A a we a been there on All 70 committee chairmen and the Church for about to minutes their committees Are reminded to when they saw us started firing at attend the a briefing session for us it a Midwest old settlers and threshers reunion to be held at the antique car building tuesday evening july 28, at 7 30 . Retail committee to meet tuesday the retail committee of the it. Pleasant chamber of Commerce will meet at the Harlan hotel at noon on tuesday july 28. Norris said about 25 or 30 of the Blacks started coming Down the Street towards the Church a with their rifles at the ready. They fired about 40 or 50 in a one car Accident near Vinita okla. At 6 30 . Monday. Mrs. May was driving on the will Rogers Turnpike when her 1968 Ford station Wagon veered to the right and struck a guard rail. The car went out of control and rolled Over three times came to rest on its top and was demolished. The May family had been visiting relatives in fort Worth and were returning to it. Pleasant. Other than a few bumps and bruises none of the occupants was seriously injured. Oskaloosa Man Heads state legion Waterloo up a a. Wayne Keefe of Oskaloosa today was elected department commander of the Iowa american legion at the state legion convention in Waterloo. Keefe owns and operates an am Over too stereo tapes stolen Premier of Portugal for 36 years Dies shoot Down egyptian jets by in israeli Jet fighters shot Down two egyptian Mig 17 jets today in an air Battle Over the Suez canal a military spokesman said in Tel Aviv. The Brief but furious dogfight came As each Side sent planes across the canal in a new escalation of the conflict. Israelis hawkish Grahal party met throughout the Day to try to find some Way of agreeing on the u. S. Mideast peace proposal and israelis reply a expected to be a sharply conditional acceptance a was expected later in the week. Lisbon up a Antonio de Oliveira Salazar the dictatorial Premier of Portugal for 36 years until he was felled by a strike in september of 1968, died today at i the theft of equipment from i Home. He was 81. Three More cars have been reported to City police. Between last wednesday night and saturday morning Over too stereo tapes were stolen from a number of cars Here. The latest thefts were from the car of Kenneth Seibert 1011 e. Monroe Street from which be patrol grounds saturday evening As the result of a fracas Between local persons and carnival workers Cabin along River Burns a Cabin owned by Carl Parker located near Ketchum Bridge on tile Skunk River was destroyed by fire at 2 45 . Sunday. Tile fire Wasny to discovered for some time and the Cabin was nearly consumed by the flames when firemen arrived. Too at 12 20 . Monday a pick up truck owned by . R. Anderson parked near the medical Center at Clay and Harrison caught on fire. The fire was extinguished before firemen arrived. At 2 45 . Friday a pickup truck owned by Alfred Denning was badly damaged by fire East and South of the Airport. Firemen put out the Blaze. Saddle club Trail ride set the Henry county Saddle club tween 65 and 70 tapes and a radio at the Henry county fair Friday 1 will meet at the Tom Taylor Arena were taken from the car of a son night county City and the Highway of Dale for amp nay new London eight patrol along with the Henry coun balance service in Oskaloosa and tapes and from the car of a son of to Rescue squad patrolled the fan Grinnell counties. And in the surrounding Richard Walgren. It. Pleasant Between 35 and 40 tapes. Grounds saturday night and reported no disturbances. For a Trail ride at 7 00 . Wed mesday july 29th. After the Trail ride Watermelon will be served. Members should bring own service if desired

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